Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 79 80
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 -27
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,106 1,699 2,231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 3.47% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 3.92% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,419 801 1,318
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £43,525
25th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,843 43,391 61,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.66% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58,659 24,441 34,825
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,969 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 22 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -29 1,817 £75,000 +0.67% 1,761
UK excluding London -28 1,154 £67,500 -3.57% 954
Work from Home -23 855 £68,368 -2.33% 867
London -19 795 £85,000 +6.25% 1,039
North of England -50 371 £75,000 +7.14% 300
South East +39 327 £65,000 -7.14% 191
North West -61 201 £80,000 +14.29% 160
South West -8 142 £63,750 +6.25% 104
Midlands -59 106 £75,000 +7.14% 103
North East +12 92 £65,000 +49.86% 56
Yorkshire -3 78 £71,466 +0.66% 86
West Midlands -46 78 £80,000 +14.29% 69
Northern Ireland -25 71 £60,000 +33.33% 63
Wales -20 68 £60,000 +15.38% 26
East of England -42 40 £60,100 -3.84% 62
Scotland -56 33 £65,500 -15.48% 111
East Midlands -56 28 £65,000 - 34
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 44 (2.09%) Confluence
2 30 (1.42%) Apache Spark
3 20 (0.95%) Apache
4 16 (0.76%) CMS
5 13 (0.62%) Camunda
6 11 (0.52%) IIS
7 10 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.38%) nginx
10 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.33%) JBoss
10 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 7 (0.33%) WordPress
11 5 (0.24%) Drupal
12 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
12 4 (0.19%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.14%) DNN
13 3 (0.14%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.14%) Immediacy CMS
13 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.095%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.095%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.047%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.047%) Eikon
5 1 (0.047%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.047%) RMDS
5 1 (0.047%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,077 (51.14%) AWS
2 890 (42.26%) Azure
3 329 (15.62%) GCP
4 276 (13.11%) GitHub
5 271 (12.87%) Serverless
6 201 (9.54%) SaaS
7 185 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
8 153 (7.26%) AWS Lambda
9 133 (6.32%) Amazon EKS
10 124 (5.89%) Amazon S3
11 123 (5.84%) AWS CloudFormation
12 106 (5.03%) GitHub Copilot
13 96 (4.56%) Azure Service Bus
14 93 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
15 82 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
16 69 (3.28%) Amazon SQS
17 65 (3.09%) Amazon EC2
18 62 (2.94%) Azure AKS
19 51 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 51 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.14%) Broadband
2 22 (1.04%) Network Security
3 14 (0.66%) DMARC
3 14 (0.66%) DNS
4 12 (0.57%) MQTT
5 10 (0.47%) AMQP
5 10 (0.47%) HTTP
5 10 (0.47%) VPN
6 7 (0.33%) Internet
7 6 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
8 5 (0.24%) RFID
8 5 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.19%) Firewall
10 3 (0.14%) LTE
10 3 (0.14%) NAS
10 3 (0.14%) SAN
10 3 (0.14%) SSL
11 2 (0.095%) DHCP
12 1 (0.047%) Wireless
12 1 (0.047%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 317 (15.05%) MongoDB
2 234 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
3 204 (9.69%) NoSQL
4 166 (7.88%) Azure SQL Database
5 152 (7.22%) Elasticsearch
6 116 (5.51%) MySQL
7 108 (5.13%) SQL Server
8 95 (4.51%) Relational Database
9 71 (3.37%) Redis
10 59 (2.80%) DynamoDB
11 45 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
12 31 (1.47%) Big Data
13 20 (0.95%) Data Lake
14 16 (0.76%) Pinecone
15 15 (0.71%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.57%) Db2
16 12 (0.57%) DTS
17 9 (0.43%) Chroma
17 9 (0.43%) Metadata
18 8 (0.38%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 301 (14.29%) Git
2 194 (9.21%) GitLab
3 166 (7.88%) Jenkins
4 70 (3.32%) TeamCity
5 65 (3.09%) JIRA
5 65 (3.09%) JUnit
6 55 (2.61%) Cucumber
7 41 (1.95%) Cypress.io
8 38 (1.80%) Mockito
9 36 (1.71%) Maven
10 31 (1.47%) Claude Code
11 30 (1.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 24 (1.14%) Selenium
13 17 (0.81%) SonarQube
13 17 (0.81%) Spock
14 15 (0.71%) JMeter
15 14 (0.66%) Postman
15 14 (0.66%) REST Assured
16 13 (0.62%) Vite
17 10 (0.47%) Bitbucket
General
1 539 (25.59%) Finance
2 430 (20.42%) Social Skills
3 239 (11.35%) Public Sector
4 207 (9.83%) Banking
5 168 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 158 (7.50%) Law
7 146 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
8 133 (6.32%) Retail
9 87 (4.13%) Financial Institution
9 87 (4.13%) Legal
10 65 (3.09%) Back Office
11 60 (2.85%) Marketing
12 44 (2.09%) Aerospace
13 38 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (1.47%) Games
15 28 (1.33%) Legal Technology
16 18 (0.85%) Front Office
17 17 (0.81%) Advertising
18 12 (0.57%) Aviation
19 11 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 767 (36.42%) Developer
2 507 (24.07%) Senior
3 375 (17.81%) Software Engineer
4 365 (17.33%) Lead
5 325 (15.43%) Architect
6 197 (9.35%) .NET Developer
7 194 (9.21%) Senior Developer
8 169 (8.02%) Full-Stack Developer
9 165 (7.83%) Java Developer
10 135 (6.41%) Java Engineer
11 128 (6.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 125 (5.94%) Senior Software Engineer
13 111 (5.27%) Solutions Architect
14 107 (5.08%) Principal Engineer
15 82 (3.89%) Lead Software Engineer
16 79 (3.75%) DevOps Engineer
17 76 (3.61%) Software Developer
18 71 (3.37%) Lead Developer
19 66 (3.13%) Technical Leader
20 61 (2.90%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 535 (25.40%) .NET
2 458 (21.75%) React
3 428 (20.32%) Node.js
4 406 (19.28%) Terraform
5 389 (18.47%) Spring
6 351 (16.67%) Spring Boot
7 317 (15.05%) RESTful
8 293 (13.91%) REST
9 286 (13.58%) Kafka
10 238 (11.30%) ASP.NET
11 228 (10.83%) AngularJS
12 218 (10.35%) .NET Core
13 207 (9.83%) Vue
14 194 (9.21%) ASP.NET Core
15 122 (5.79%) Blazor
16 103 (4.89%) ASP.NET Web API
17 92 (4.37%) HTML
18 88 (4.18%) CSS
18 88 (4.18%) RabbitMQ
19 86 (4.08%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 681 (32.34%) Cloud Native
2 393 (18.66%) Distributed Systems
3 168 (7.98%) Product Ownership
4 120 (5.70%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
6 84 (3.99%) Onboarding
7 59 (2.80%) Public Cloud
8 56 (2.66%) AI Agents
9 52 (2.47%) Virtual Team
10 45 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
11 44 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
12 43 (2.04%) e-Learning
13 29 (1.38%) Distributed Architecture
14 23 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
14 23 (1.09%) Management Information System
15 20 (0.95%) Mainframe
15 20 (0.95%) Mobile App
15 20 (0.95%) Private Cloud
16 19 (0.90%) Algorithms
16 19 (0.90%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 148 (7.03%) Linux
2 48 (2.28%) Windows
3 32 (1.52%) CentOS
3 32 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (1.00%) Unix
5 10 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.38%) Android
6 8 (0.38%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.33%) Debian
7 7 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.28%) AIX
9 4 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,143 (54.27%) CI/CD
2 1,010 (47.96%) Agile
3 755 (35.85%) Software Engineering
4 750 (35.61%) DevOps
5 575 (27.30%) Full-Stack Development
6 551 (26.16%) Mentoring
7 495 (23.50%) Event-Driven
8 461 (21.89%) AI
9 447 (21.23%) Test Automation
10 430 (20.42%) Infrastructure as Code
11 421 (19.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 404 (19.18%) Containerisation
13 379 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
14 326 (15.48%) Technical Leadership
15 306 (14.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 296 (14.06%) Scrum
17 254 (12.06%) Architectural Patterns
18 253 (12.01%) Observability
19 237 (11.25%) TDD
20 233 (11.06%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 756 (35.90%) Java
2 573 (27.21%) C#
3 507 (24.07%) SQL
4 456 (21.65%) JavaScript
5 428 (20.32%) Python
6 406 (19.28%) TypeScript
7 86 (4.08%) Go
8 57 (2.71%) Ruby
9 45 (2.14%) C++
10 35 (1.66%) Bash
11 33 (1.57%) PHP
12 28 (1.33%) Bicep
13 25 (1.19%) PowerShell
14 24 (1.14%) Kotlin
15 21 (1.00%) Rust
16 20 (0.95%) PL/SQL
16 20 (0.95%) Scala
17 17 (0.81%) Groovy
18 14 (0.66%) C
18 14 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 346 (16.43%) Security Cleared
2 241 (11.44%) SC Cleared
3 171 (8.12%) Degree
4 100 (4.75%) DV Cleared
5 85 (4.04%) AWS Certification
6 82 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 57 (2.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 33 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 31 (1.47%) CISSP
10 19 (0.90%) CISM
11 18 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.71%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.47%) MBA
15 8 (0.38%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.28%) PhD
17 5 (0.24%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
18 4 (0.19%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (10.83%) QA
2 95 (4.51%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.76%) WCAG
4 36 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (1.33%) GDPR
6 19 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 19 (0.90%) NIST
7 18 (0.85%) NCSC
8 10 (0.47%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.47%) SOC 2
9 9 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (0.43%) GRC
9 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 8 (0.38%) ISO 20022
11 6 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
12 5 (0.24%) PSD2
12 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 593 (28.16%) Docker
2 41 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.47%) NDS
4 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.14%) KVM
8 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.047%) Firmware
8 1 (0.047%) HDFS
8 1 (0.047%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 656 (31.15%) Kubernetes
2 114 (5.41%) Grafana
3 106 (5.03%) Ansible
4 51 (2.42%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.33%) Argo
5 28 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (1.00%) Puppet
7 17 (0.81%) Kibana
8 9 (0.43%) Cilium
9 6 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.24%) Podman
11 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.19%) Packer
12 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.14%) Rancher
13 2 (0.095%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.047%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.047%) Consul
14 1 (0.047%) Control-M
14 1 (0.047%) logstash
Vendors
1 341 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 96 (4.56%) Google
3 71 (3.37%) Oracle
4 49 (2.33%) Splunk
5 45 (2.14%) OpenAI
6 30 (1.42%) Dynatrace
7 28 (1.33%) Okta
8 26 (1.23%) ForgeRock
8 26 (1.23%) IBM
9 24 (1.14%) AppDynamics
10 23 (1.09%) Databricks
11 17 (0.81%) OneLogin
12 15 (0.71%) SAP
13 14 (0.66%) Adobe
13 14 (0.66%) OpenText
13 14 (0.66%) SendGrid
14 13 (0.62%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.62%) Mistral
15 12 (0.57%) Salesforce
16 10 (0.47%) NetIQ